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florida, 46 for obama, 48 romney. virginia, obama 48, 48 romney. colorado 47.6, 47.8 there. i mean, interesting mix of numbers. quickly, i have to ask you, when you wake up in the morning and try to assess where the race is, is that the horse race you're following right now? >> i don't obsess over every single poll. i look at nate silver and other websites to see what the averages of the big polls are. some i count more in my mind than others. but, you know, the bottom line fact is that when you climb to 270 electoral votes and discussed it with the previous guest obama has many more past that than romney does still right now. >> michael, thank you very much. we showed before you came on the latest nate silver average of numbers and he does have obama up right now. thank you so much. i greatly appreciate it. always a pleasure. >>> developing now, governor romney campaigning in nevada, day two of the governor on the ground in that state. we'll be right back. nvestor. i invest in what i know. i turned 65 last week. i'm getting married. planning a life. there are risks, sure. b
florida, 46 for obama, 48 romney. virginia, obama 48, 48 romney. colorado 47.6, 47.8 there. i mean, interesting mix of numbers. quickly, i have to ask you, when you wake up in the morning and try to assess where the race is, is that the horse race you're following right now? >> i don't obsess over every single poll. i look at nate silver and other websites to see what the averages of the big polls are. some i count more in my mind than others. but, you know, the bottom line fact is that...
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a cnn orc international poll called the debate closer, with 48% saying obama won while 40% picked obama. for more we go to nbc's steve handlesman who's in florida for us. steve, good morning. >> reporter: hi, lynn. thanks. good morning from boca raton, florida. the debate here last night was clearly the most combative so far. though surprising to some, not on the issue of libya. mitt romney was able to make his larger point, his claim that america is weaker now overseas than it was four years ago. mitt romney and barack obama came to their third and final debate tied in national polls, but their tv audience seemed sure to be smaller. baseball's national league playoffs and monday night football got millions of viewers who missed the faceoff on muslim extremists. >> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin laden and going after the leadership in al qaeda. we can't kill our way out of this. >> governor romney, i'm glad you recognize al qaeda is a threat. because a few months ago when you were asked what is the biggest geopolitical threat, you said russia. what we need to do with respect
a cnn orc international poll called the debate closer, with 48% saying obama won while 40% picked obama. for more we go to nbc's steve handlesman who's in florida for us. steve, good morning. >> reporter: hi, lynn. thanks. good morning from boca raton, florida. the debate here last night was clearly the most combative so far. though surprising to some, not on the issue of libya. mitt romney was able to make his larger point, his claim that america is weaker now overseas than it was four...
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at 2 to 5, obama is not an american. 8-1, trump will endorse obama. 50-1, trump will invite obama to be a guest on celebrity apprentice. 25010-1, obama is an alien and 500-1 obama wears a wig. with mo. i think they're gonna love this, leapfrog leappad2 with games and apps. i say we flip a coin. you mean with your double-headed coin? you know you could put both those things on layaway and pay a little at a time. awesome!! awesome!! high-five? [ mom ] mmm, you and your trick coin... shop now. get the hottest toys on your list today, like leapfrog leappad2 and hot wheels wall tracks... then put it on layaway so you have more time to pay. walmart. >>> we're keeping our eye on breaking news in atlanta. police tell nbc news a man went into the world changers church in college park, sorry, georgia, college park, georgia and opened fire. police say the gunman shot another man just before 10:00 this morning in the chapel. the victim is in critical condition, but the shooter is at large. we'll keep our eye on this developing situation in georgia. back to politics, and this is the single busies
at 2 to 5, obama is not an american. 8-1, trump will endorse obama. 50-1, trump will invite obama to be a guest on celebrity apprentice. 25010-1, obama is an alien and 500-1 obama wears a wig. with mo. i think they're gonna love this, leapfrog leappad2 with games and apps. i say we flip a coin. you mean with your double-headed coin? you know you could put both those things on layaway and pay a little at a time. awesome!! awesome!! high-five? [ mom ] mmm, you and your trick coin... shop now. get...
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obama's a man of the world. he respects other countries, accepts the fact we are, we americans, part of this planet. maybe the best part. but we share the world, and we better be a smart, just, and competent citizen in it. we need to take the long view of our interests and use our influence when we can but also avoid stuff that makes the future more dangerous. romney, well, clearly he's in debt to the hawks, the neoconservatives who write the stuff we heard last night, this talk of accusing the president of iran of genocide for the things he said about israel. it's purely political stuff. that and what he said about russia being our number one enemy in the world today. all this old cold war stuff. what's beneath it? who knows. what we do know is he feels the need to wear that neocon suit. will he rip it off if elected? why would anyone think that? he spoke about wanting a peaceful planet. talk about learning a dance for the occasion. john heilemann and ron reagan join us. mitt has a tendency to assume whatever p
obama's a man of the world. he respects other countries, accepts the fact we are, we americans, part of this planet. maybe the best part. but we share the world, and we better be a smart, just, and competent citizen in it. we need to take the long view of our interests and use our influence when we can but also avoid stuff that makes the future more dangerous. romney, well, clearly he's in debt to the hawks, the neoconservatives who write the stuff we heard last night, this talk of accusing the...
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here's the schedule that the obama campaign announced of bill clinton and barack obama campaigning together on monday and the places they're going. youngstown, ohio, working class white voters. prince william county. one of the ultimate -- one of two ultimate swing counties in the state of virginia. loudoun is the other one. outer suburbs of washington, d.c. and orlando just a mega i-4 corridor. they fell like bill clinton is the best verifier they have with the white suburban vote? >> it tells me those are the states they want to cut into to stop movement by romney and tells me that bill clinton is a closer. that's what they want. they want the closer to come in in the final days and rev up the crowds and right now, you know, as we all know, there's only a few percentage of people that are undecided so what's really important is getting these people out to vote and that's something that bill clinton can do. >> michelle, i've been surprised, frankly, that the schedule seems to be a mix of both campaigns. on one hand the president's schedule looked to me it was all about base turnout and all
here's the schedule that the obama campaign announced of bill clinton and barack obama campaigning together on monday and the places they're going. youngstown, ohio, working class white voters. prince william county. one of the ultimate -- one of two ultimate swing counties in the state of virginia. loudoun is the other one. outer suburbs of washington, d.c. and orlando just a mega i-4 corridor. they fell like bill clinton is the best verifier they have with the white suburban vote? >> it...
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obama from last month, mika. we should note this polling was conducted after the third and final debate. >> and if there was any doubt about romney's momentum, look at what happened in virginia. a new fox news poll shows romney now leading by two points. last month the same poll had obama up seven. and in the abc/"washington post" daily tracking poll of likely voters, romney has taken a three-point lead, 50%-47%. on monday, the president was leading 49%-48%. and on the economy when asked who voters trust more on that issue, romney now has a sizeable nine-point lead. >> so you look at these national polls, mika, abc news/"washington post" poll showing a four-point lead in the national poll. this week. a four-point swing in the national poll. gallup, of course, has had mitt romney ahead i think way too much over the past week or two. sometimes five, six points. and in the national poll, it really does seem -- if you take all the polls, it really does seem like mitt romney is moving away from barack obama. and yet y
obama from last month, mika. we should note this polling was conducted after the third and final debate. >> and if there was any doubt about romney's momentum, look at what happened in virginia. a new fox news poll shows romney now leading by two points. last month the same poll had obama up seven. and in the abc/"washington post" daily tracking poll of likely voters, romney has taken a three-point lead, 50%-47%. on monday, the president was leading 49%-48%. and on the economy...
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president obama is set to make a statement on sandy in a few minutes. we will bring you his remarks live and a live report on sandy coming up next on "now." bad! ah. fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. five delicious cooking sauces you combine with fresh ingredients to make amazing home-cooked meals. >>> i truly believe that if we can get the deficit and debt issue solved, which i believe we can get done, you know, in the lame duck or in the immediate aftermath of the lame duck, then that clears a way a lot of the ideological underbrush and then, you know, now we can start looking at a whole bunch of other issues that, as i said, historically have not been that ideological. >> that was president obama on "morning joe" hinting that partisan gridlock could clear once democrats and republicans reach a deal on the fiscal cliff. early on in his term president obama had hopes of working with congress, but republicans inten
president obama is set to make a statement on sandy in a few minutes. we will bring you his remarks live and a live report on sandy coming up next on "now." bad! ah. fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. five delicious cooking sauces you combine with fresh ingredients to make amazing home-cooked meals. >>> i truly believe that if we can get...
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the obama campaign has made 15. two key swing county stops, washoe and carson city, make up over 18% of the state, combined ad spends has walloped those residents $19 each person and if that doesn't open up a lead, it may come down to this message to hispanic students in 2010. >> i don't know that all of you are latino, some of you look a little more asian to me. i don't know that. i've been called the first asian legislator in our nevada state assembly. >> all right, that was sharron angle during the ration of 2010 and for different reason both she, sharron angle, and harry reid underestimated the latino vote. reid won by beating poll estimates walking away with 90%. the president now leads with 74%. analysts saying because of this potentially hidden latino base, if it's close in nevada, chris, it's going democratic. >> it's very important to look at the latino vote, but if you spent any time there, you know that's not all of the minority vote there. >> yeah, if you look at the minority vote in nevada, what's happe
the obama campaign has made 15. two key swing county stops, washoe and carson city, make up over 18% of the state, combined ad spends has walloped those residents $19 each person and if that doesn't open up a lead, it may come down to this message to hispanic students in 2010. >> i don't know that all of you are latino, some of you look a little more asian to me. i don't know that. i've been called the first asian legislator in our nevada state assembly. >> all right, that was...
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the obama administration should have known. they should have had more security there, and he's very vulnerable in that regard. whether or not it matters to voters pondering pocketbook issues remains to be seen, though. >> i'm thinking back a few weeks to the run-up to the first debate in denver. we heard a lot of voices saying, don't get too excited. debates don't matter that much in presidential elections. i took the point. we don't see them changing 20 points worth of votes or something. something very significant has happened in the weeks since then. all year from april to the end of september, barack obama led in the real clear politics polling average. we might have the graph. i'm not sure. for the first time in the entire campaign mitt romney pulled ahead in that average and kept a small, very small but a lead in that since then. i guess my question is, can we finally put an end to this idea that debates don't matter? >> we should. we should have all along, steve. my view has been if debates aren't dispositive and they're
the obama administration should have known. they should have had more security there, and he's very vulnerable in that regard. whether or not it matters to voters pondering pocketbook issues remains to be seen, though. >> i'm thinking back a few weeks to the run-up to the first debate in denver. we heard a lot of voices saying, don't get too excited. debates don't matter that much in presidential elections. i took the point. we don't see them changing 20 points worth of votes or...
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then there's not much obama can do. but they had had luck with romney's personal negatives before that. so there's potential there. >> i wonder -- i was thinking about this with the appearances in ohio. looking at the economic numbers in ohio. it's been funny at the personality level to see john kasich talk about how much better things have gotten under his leadership. we'd really to prefer you say things are going badly. as the campaign shrinks down to a small number of swing states and they have that improving economic numbers problem as it were on the republican side in florida and ohio, does that change the type of argument they need to make about change? about why mitt romney is the guy who should be trusted to do things differently than barack obama? >> they are hitting it there. basically things are on the upswing in ohio. and to keep it going, you need to change leadership in washington. that's a strange message. it's true if you look at the numbers in ohio and to an extent in wisconsin. if you look nationally a
then there's not much obama can do. but they had had luck with romney's personal negatives before that. so there's potential there. >> i wonder -- i was thinking about this with the appearances in ohio. looking at the economic numbers in ohio. it's been funny at the personality level to see john kasich talk about how much better things have gotten under his leadership. we'd really to prefer you say things are going badly. as the campaign shrinks down to a small number of swing states and...
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i think they hate obama. they want him out of the white house more than they want to destroy al qaeda. their number one enemy on the right is their hate tread for obama. we can go into that in the white working class in the south about racial hatred in many cases. they want to get rid of this president. that's their number one goal and they're willing to let romney go to the hard center as long as they get rid of this guy. romney went in there tonight with 16 ounce gloves. the way he wanted to win was not making himself into the right winger that the right wing that's supporting him really are. >> i want to take this to steve schmidt right now what i saw in terms of the stylistic and the leaning forward if i can steal our own phrase, was that mitt romney was his only real attack was when he did his riff you apologize and you're weak. obama i felt had a lot of different attacks on romney and romney refused to engage. >> absolutely. mitt romney came across as reasonable, thoughtful, serious, presidential. not s
i think they hate obama. they want him out of the white house more than they want to destroy al qaeda. their number one enemy on the right is their hate tread for obama. we can go into that in the white working class in the south about racial hatred in many cases. they want to get rid of this president. that's their number one goal and they're willing to let romney go to the hard center as long as they get rid of this guy. romney went in there tonight with 16 ounce gloves. the way he wanted to...
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this is from an article of obama saying he doesn't give a whit about national polling in which obama's numbers are dragged down by horrific per forms in the deep south and talking about battleground states and what belcher talked about with me is, obviously, you know, the south is obama's worst region and abc poll has him up and down 16 in the south and what we're talking about is that obama's really bad, horrific polling in the south is those large margins are not equivalent to the ability of the south to control or impact the electoral college. so, what do you think about that? >> well, it's entirely possible that on election day we wake up and see the numbers and the south cost obama the popular vote but the data i have says that the south isn't the big driver. look at the number you gave me. it says that romney up 16 points in the south. last time according to the exit polls it was 9-point race in the south and that means that romney gained 7 points in the south compared to mccain and happens to be the same amount that the national polls moved, 7 points. same amount as in some less
this is from an article of obama saying he doesn't give a whit about national polling in which obama's numbers are dragged down by horrific per forms in the deep south and talking about battleground states and what belcher talked about with me is, obviously, you know, the south is obama's worst region and abc poll has him up and down 16 in the south and what we're talking about is that obama's really bad, horrific polling in the south is those large margins are not equivalent to the ability of...
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. >> why do you think barack obama should win? >> because he takes good care of us. >> and what do you think about mitt romney? >> mitt romney, well, i don't know. >> about a year ago by then 3-year-old and i sat down to have dinner. we chatted about baby animals, the fresh beat band, the usual. when conversation petered down, ella said, mama, let's talk about something else. okay, babe, what would you like to talk about? she quickly replied mitt romney and so it began. started with basic questions about who the president is, what do they do? why can't mitt romney and barack obama both be president? she still sees this as a reasonable possibility. why can't they both be president? >> yeah, they could be half president. >> see, i haven't turned her into a hardened partisan just yet. >> there's time. >> then i had to explain to ella how voting works. she was outraged, outraged when i told her kids aren't allowed to vote. she was ready to take to the streets, but it was bedtime so that had to wait. i have had to justify my own voting
. >> why do you think barack obama should win? >> because he takes good care of us. >> and what do you think about mitt romney? >> mitt romney, well, i don't know. >> about a year ago by then 3-year-old and i sat down to have dinner. we chatted about baby animals, the fresh beat band, the usual. when conversation petered down, ella said, mama, let's talk about something else. okay, babe, what would you like to talk about? she quickly replied mitt romney and so it...
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i think obama has been excellent. the troops who have lost their fitness because of wounds at war and will spend the rest of their lives like that. i think it's going to matter. it will come up tonight. >> it has been a way that they have kept going back to it constantly to have michelle obama and jill biden prioritize military families. both governor romney and president obama have leads in the polls among certain voting groups that should guarantee they win the the election overall. it's because they both have sure-bet leads like that that we can't say who is likely to win. the numbers get weirder and weirder. that's ahead with chuck todd. this is msnbc's coverage of the third and final debate. please stay with us. [ female announcer ] with swiffer dusters, a great clean doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm gonna read one of these. i'm gonna read one of these! [ female announcer ] unlike sprays and dust rags, swiffer 360 duster's extender gets into hard-to-reach places without the hassle. so you can get unbeli
i think obama has been excellent. the troops who have lost their fitness because of wounds at war and will spend the rest of their lives like that. i think it's going to matter. it will come up tonight. >> it has been a way that they have kept going back to it constantly to have michelle obama and jill biden prioritize military families. both governor romney and president obama have leads in the polls among certain voting groups that should guarantee they win the the election overall....
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coming down on obama side would be big news for another reason. and i think bloomberg because he's a national figure. i think would have a pretty good endorsement. but i don't think we're going to get either of those. >> don't think that the national jewish community would go oh, lieberman said that so let's roll with him. >> there's a big red line between obama and romney on israel. >> i mean for a generation now, this is the year the jewish vote turns on the democrats. >> joe lieberman can't endorse there's not a jewish guy in the race. >> colin powell's endorsement has gotten a lot of attention. many other endorsements fly under the radar. george bush i'm for mitt romney. this was not captured on camera. too bad. others maybe getting a little too much attention the red carpet roll out for mitt romney in february. some do matter those of local newspapers in battleground states there's one that's yet to weigh in that's the des moines register. talk about all the different paths and iowa is a swing state. the key to "the des moines register" endor
coming down on obama side would be big news for another reason. and i think bloomberg because he's a national figure. i think would have a pretty good endorsement. but i don't think we're going to get either of those. >> don't think that the national jewish community would go oh, lieberman said that so let's roll with him. >> there's a big red line between obama and romney on israel. >> i mean for a generation now, this is the year the jewish vote turns on the democrats....
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obama's lead is massive. obama built the largest grassroots organization that politics saw in '08 and after he won he continued to build it. this can make a difference of two points and in a close race like this it can make all the difference in '08. it gave obama some already. that's not the situation in this case. people that have been to the ground offices say the obama offices are all about obamament the romney offices are rnc offices and not always all about romney. that leads a conservative like joe scarborough to worry about what's happening that the obama offices are building this unparalleled turnout machine and the great irony that scarborough writes for the romney camp is their candidate drirch by data and numbers his entire life is relying on the most unpredi unpredictable force of all, human emotion, to pull him over the top. i don't understand why romney and the gop have allowed this to happen? >> if it were just about having offices, obama would be in a clear lead in states like florida he's no
obama's lead is massive. obama built the largest grassroots organization that politics saw in '08 and after he won he continued to build it. this can make a difference of two points and in a close race like this it can make all the difference in '08. it gave obama some already. that's not the situation in this case. people that have been to the ground offices say the obama offices are all about obamament the romney offices are rnc offices and not always all about romney. that leads a...
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he's opened up a high lead over obama on the economy. if that overrides their concerns about his personality and character, then there's not much obama can do. but they had luck, you know, with romney's personal negatives before that. so there's potential there. >> i wonder if the -- i was thinking about this with the appearances in ohio. looking at the economic numbers in ohio. of course it's been funny at the personality level to see ohio republican governor john kasich try to talk to ohio about how much things have gotten better under his leadership and have the romney campaign think, shhh, we'd really prefer to say things here are going very badly. as the campaign shrinks down to a small number of swing states and they do have that improving economic numbers, problem as it were, on the republican side, in places like florida and especially in places like ohio, does that change the type of argument they need to make about change? about why mitt romney is the guy who should be trusted to do things differently than barack obama? since u
he's opened up a high lead over obama on the economy. if that overrides their concerns about his personality and character, then there's not much obama can do. but they had luck, you know, with romney's personal negatives before that. so there's potential there. >> i wonder if the -- i was thinking about this with the appearances in ohio. looking at the economic numbers in ohio. of course it's been funny at the personality level to see ohio republican governor john kasich try to talk to...
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that's what obama wanted to do. tonight the romney campaign made it harder for them to make that argument because he kept saying whatever you want. whatever you want mr. president. >> this is his peaceful talk tonight. let's watch. >> our purpose is to make sure the world is peaceful. the mantle for promoting the principles of peace is falling to america. we didn't ask for it but it's an honor that we have it. for us to promote those principles of peace requires up to be strong. that begins with a strong economy here at home and the economy is not stronger. when the president of iraq -- of iran says that our debt makes us not a great country that's a frightening thing. we have weakened our economy. we need a strong economy. we need to have a strong military. our military is second to none in the world. we're blessed with terrific soldiers but the idea of a trillion dollars in cuts would change that. >> extraordinary intelligence. giving that one away. >> he figured those were cards that were not worth as much to him
that's what obama wanted to do. tonight the romney campaign made it harder for them to make that argument because he kept saying whatever you want. whatever you want mr. president. >> this is his peaceful talk tonight. let's watch. >> our purpose is to make sure the world is peaceful. the mantle for promoting the principles of peace is falling to america. we didn't ask for it but it's an honor that we have it. for us to promote those principles of peace requires up to be strong....
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romney and obama. romney has had adequate opportunity throughout this campaign to come out and say i will not put up with this, nobody who speaks for me shall talk like this anymore. i don't want trump on my side. remember that jen flexion out in vegas. sununu is designated as his co-chair. we just saw when he did his correction it came out of the romney headquarters. this is orchestrated. >> exactly. >> i keep waiting, it's way too late -- >> you're not going to see it. >> sister souljah moment or anything like that -- >> it will never happen. >> like the great john mccain on this point, when he pushed back and said, no, that's not true. >> i have been waiting this whole campaign, we've talked about this earlier, for mitt romney to show one inch of spine -- >> how about shame? >> shame or spine, whatever. there's not a single courageous statement or move he's made as a politician that i can discern, unlike his dad. he's the opposite of his dad who took gutsy positions, even at political cost, again an
romney and obama. romney has had adequate opportunity throughout this campaign to come out and say i will not put up with this, nobody who speaks for me shall talk like this anymore. i don't want trump on my side. remember that jen flexion out in vegas. sununu is designated as his co-chair. we just saw when he did his correction it came out of the romney headquarters. this is orchestrated. >> exactly. >> i keep waiting, it's way too late -- >> you're not going to see it....
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obama didn't start a new war. baby steps. we'll take that on the foreign policy front. >> let me ask erin in the short time we have left, republicans already showing an endorsement. listen to what john mccain had to say. >> i used to be a great admirer of colin powell. we were friends. i think one of the sad aspects of his career is going to united nations security council and telling them things about iraq that were absolutely false. all i can say is that general powell, you disappoint us and you have harmed your legacy even further. >> now, you know, that's interesting to me, erin, that he would call mr. powell's appearance at the u.n. sad in his life when mr. powell was saying what they gave him and senator mccain supported. talk about dick cheney and then, that's what powell was doing, the information that the administration had supported. but is this sour grapes from senator mccain because colin powell also didn't endorse him in 2008 and supported then senator obama? >> well, al, you took the words right out of my mouth.
obama didn't start a new war. baby steps. we'll take that on the foreign policy front. >> let me ask erin in the short time we have left, republicans already showing an endorsement. listen to what john mccain had to say. >> i used to be a great admirer of colin powell. we were friends. i think one of the sad aspects of his career is going to united nations security council and telling them things about iraq that were absolutely false. all i can say is that general powell, you...
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clearly obama won the debate. that doesn't mean he's going to necessarily win the election -- >> nobody is suggesting that. >> there's an important point people need to focus on. when obama lost the first debate, all of us on the left conceded he lost. then when obama won the debate clearly last night, the game that the republicans are playing is to pretend that romney did well, pass the bar, had a good night so they prevent that narrative from being written. and this is a game that republicans played in 2000 when karl rove suggested that george bush would win over 300 electoral votes. it's a game john mccain played in 2008 when he suggested he could come close in pennsylvania when he lost by ten points. this is a game that is intended to create the illusion of momentum that romney has, but as all the polling data is showing right now, obama is in the driver's seat. you move nevada into his column, there's six states left. obama only has to win one-third of those states and he's ahead in most of the states. obama
clearly obama won the debate. that doesn't mean he's going to necessarily win the election -- >> nobody is suggesting that. >> there's an important point people need to focus on. when obama lost the first debate, all of us on the left conceded he lost. then when obama won the debate clearly last night, the game that the republicans are playing is to pretend that romney did well, pass the bar, had a good night so they prevent that narrative from being written. and this is a game that...
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number one is obama care. there are a number of things that sound good, but frankly, we can't afford them. and that one doesn't sound good. and it's not affordable. i get rid of that one. we get that out. we take program after program that e we don't have to have and get rid of them. number two, we take some programs that we are going to keep like medicaid, which is a program for the poor, we're going to take that health care program for the poor and we give it to the states to run because states run these programs more efficiently. as a governor, i thought, please, give me this program. i could run this more efficiently and the states are proving it. states like arizona, rhode island, have taken these medicaid dollars have shown they can run these programs more cost effectively. >> bob? >> it gets us to a balanced budget. >> that's what i'm trying to get to. >> he should have answered the first question. look. governor romney's called for $5 trillion of tax cuts that he says he's going to pay for by closing d
number one is obama care. there are a number of things that sound good, but frankly, we can't afford them. and that one doesn't sound good. and it's not affordable. i get rid of that one. we get that out. we take program after program that e we don't have to have and get rid of them. number two, we take some programs that we are going to keep like medicaid, which is a program for the poor, we're going to take that health care program for the poor and we give it to the states to run because...
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it has the obama team nervous. chicago is not happy about their standing right now, although they'll give you the bravado this is where we expect to be, we knew it would be tight. they're looking at their internal numbers, the movement towards romney and i thought chuck todd put it the best. look, the obama team has the map. they've got you, though, that clear -- you know that clear path to 270, romney has the momentum. a question does the momentum overcome the map or the map stave off the momentum? you're going to see that play out i think by this weekend quite frankly. this is going to settle down and become clearer where the voters will be in about 13 days. >> and you know, michael one quick thing, chuck pointed something out to me last night, which is that the time, the gap between the first debate and the second debate, was the longest in this cycle since 1988. >> yeah. >> when memorably jim baker on behalf of george bush, you know, 41, was dragging his feet and trying to hold dukakis off and keep him off the
it has the obama team nervous. chicago is not happy about their standing right now, although they'll give you the bravado this is where we expect to be, we knew it would be tight. they're looking at their internal numbers, the movement towards romney and i thought chuck todd put it the best. look, the obama team has the map. they've got you, though, that clear -- you know that clear path to 270, romney has the momentum. a question does the momentum overcome the map or the map stave off the...
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the thing that's keeping president obama in the game is hispanics, president obama with about a 30-point lead and they make up a slightly larger percent of the electorate. there's no doubt it's going to be very, very close on election day. >> how about the approval rating? how's the president's approval rating in colorado? >> the approval rating is just about where it's been. it's ticked up a little bit. he's about one point down on that, 48-49. this month, 47-48 last month. so when you see some of that trending, where mitt romney got a boost, it's because of that first debate. you had some of those suburban women, suburban men, who may be we're leaning toward president obama, and then decided after that first debate, well, i guess mitt romney's not as bad as we thought he was from these ads from president obama. independents in the state also can be a tough nut to crack. they -- the president had a lead with them 50-39 in september, and now he's upside down with them, as well, rather it's tightened to a tie. 46-45. so, you know, it -- it's just, it really couldn't get tighter there, and
the thing that's keeping president obama in the game is hispanics, president obama with about a 30-point lead and they make up a slightly larger percent of the electorate. there's no doubt it's going to be very, very close on election day. >> how about the approval rating? how's the president's approval rating in colorado? >> the approval rating is just about where it's been. it's ticked up a little bit. he's about one point down on that, 48-49. this month, 47-48 last month. so when...
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a big night for obama. how many of you thought that president obama won the debate? won debate. you think it was a draw? >> i believe it was a draw. >> did anybody think mitt romney won the debate? not at all. we also have some deciders from this undecided group. matt you say you're going to vote for president obama. why? >> i saw the president is decisive when he spoke about his actions against bin laden. he made that decision. he knows what he's doing and he had to go against some of his cabinet. >> you were in new york on 9/11. >> his comments about the young lady who was four and is now 14. >> you were firmly for mitt romney even though you thought he lost. >> i thought obama did a great job but i felt very, it was very interesting to see romney's views on still bringing in the economy with foreign issues. >> because the economy is very important. there's a big unemployment rate. everybody knows somebody who has been hit by the foreclosure crisis. jane, you came in leaning for romney. you're leaving leaning for the president. >> right. >> what happened? >> i was impressed by
a big night for obama. how many of you thought that president obama won the debate? won debate. you think it was a draw? >> i believe it was a draw. >> did anybody think mitt romney won the debate? not at all. we also have some deciders from this undecided group. matt you say you're going to vote for president obama. why? >> i saw the president is decisive when he spoke about his actions against bin laden. he made that decision. he knows what he's doing and he had to go...
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. >> president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the ocean oceans. not familiar with precisely with exactly what i said but i stand by what i said whatever it was. ♪ >> good afternoon from new york where a monster storm is bearing down on the city and the entire eastern seaboard is due to make landfall as soon as an hour from now south of atlantic city, new jersey. at this hour just one example of the hazards brought by this storm, a partially collapsed crane is hanging over the streets of midtown manhattan. 57th street and 6th avenue, just a few blocks from here at rockefeller center. a volatile situation with winds just starting to reach hurricane level. this storm has already left at least 69 people dead in the caribbean and as it barrels up the coast, sandy is bringing furious winds, fierce rain, and dangerous flooding to nearly 60 million people in its path. a path that stretches more than 800 miles from north carolina to maine. hundreds of thousands have been ordered to evacuate. transit systems are shut down. the federal government is closed
. >> president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the ocean oceans. not familiar with precisely with exactly what i said but i stand by what i said whatever it was. ♪ >> good afternoon from new york where a monster storm is bearing down on the city and the entire eastern seaboard is due to make landfall as soon as an hour from now south of atlantic city, new jersey. at this hour just one example of the hazards brought by this storm, a partially collapsed crane is hanging...
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barack obama was right about it. and as president, he brought us home from that war honorably and decently. not an easy thing to do. >> so the aim time line george w. bush had. let me ask you -- >> come on. do you think that's a proud record george bush had? >> no, it's not. >> what's wrong with pointing that out in. >> are you going to let me talk? this is so sad, david. let's talk about afghanistan. >> yeah. >> are you guys glad that barack obama tripled the number of troops in afghanistan, which we all opposed around this table, and kept american troops there fighting and dying after we all knew -- >> yet again -- yet again -- here. if i can answer the question. barack obama comes into office. we're at war in afghanistan. it is a mess. and you're faced with all kinds of horrendous problems. we may leave in 2014, and you may find, as dexter filkins in his report in "the new yorker" said a civil war that follows. there could be horrendous tragedy there. no one is saying -- and certainly not in this magazine -- i don
barack obama was right about it. and as president, he brought us home from that war honorably and decently. not an easy thing to do. >> so the aim time line george w. bush had. let me ask you -- >> come on. do you think that's a proud record george bush had? >> no, it's not. >> what's wrong with pointing that out in. >> are you going to let me talk? this is so sad, david. let's talk about afghanistan. >> yeah. >> are you guys glad that barack obama...
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a cnn orc national poll called it closer with 48% saying obama won while 40% picked obama. for more we go to nbc's steve handlesman who's in florida for us. steve, good morning. >> reporter: hi, lynn. thanks. good morning from boca raton, florida. the debate here last night was clearly the most combative so far. though surprising to some, not on the issue of libya. mitt romney was able to make his larger point, his claim that america is weaker now overseas than it was four years ago. mitt romney and barack obama came to their third and final debate tied in national polls, but their tv audience seemed sure to be smaller. baseball's national league playoffs and monday night viewers got viewers who missed the face-off on muslim extremist. >> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin laden and going after the leadership in al qaeda. we can't kill our way out of this. >> governor romney, i'm glad you recognize al qaeda is a threat. a few months ago you said russia was the biggest threat. what we need to do with respect to the middle east is strong, steady leadership, not wrong
a cnn orc national poll called it closer with 48% saying obama won while 40% picked obama. for more we go to nbc's steve handlesman who's in florida for us. steve, good morning. >> reporter: hi, lynn. thanks. good morning from boca raton, florida. the debate here last night was clearly the most combative so far. though surprising to some, not on the issue of libya. mitt romney was able to make his larger point, his claim that america is weaker now overseas than it was four years ago. mitt...
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you were a big supporter of president obama, gave money to the democrats. you switched. do you believe mitt romney can create 12 million jobs? >> mitt romney doesn't create 12 million jobs. >> yes. >> we know from the study of history that the only thing that creates a better life is the demand for labor it has created in the private sector. if the government is going to hire everybody it is called communism. put everybody in the army, postal department, agricultural department. preposterous and ridiculous. the government makes a lousy deem on labor contracts. >> you told me privately, there's money sitting on the side, guys like you. >> 2 or 3 trillion. >> why is it on the side? what is going to get back in the game? >> what president obama can do, what we've got in the white house today is a first rate campaigner and a great speechmaker and he is charming. >> ouch. >> a nice man. he is a nice man. but this world, it's what you do not what you say. we have become so fascinated with style and glitz, sometimes, and a hell of a thing coming from a guy like me, but give to
you were a big supporter of president obama, gave money to the democrats. you switched. do you believe mitt romney can create 12 million jobs? >> mitt romney doesn't create 12 million jobs. >> yes. >> we know from the study of history that the only thing that creates a better life is the demand for labor it has created in the private sector. if the government is going to hire everybody it is called communism. put everybody in the army, postal department, agricultural...
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. >> people who vote for obama would say obama, people who vote no romney would say romney. >> but what would the markets say? >> business might modestly favor mitt romney, but it doesn't necessarily mean that's better for the markets or not. >> at jpmorgan, are you worried about the fiscal cliff situation and which way it could return in the month of december? >> there are two parts. one is actually what happens at the end of december and you can feel the effects of that before the end of the december. the second one is the real fiscal cliff, does the united states of america show it has the will and capability to fix its fiscal problems. i'm not worried as much for jpmorgan as i am for american business and more than that, the american jobs and the average american. a fiscal cliff and another recession would be terrible for america. we should do everything we can to overt that. >> if an acceptable solution does not come about, do you feel we could have a recession next year? >> yes. i think they're pretty high if we don't do something to fix the fiscal cliff. economists -- i'll rely m
. >> people who vote for obama would say obama, people who vote no romney would say romney. >> but what would the markets say? >> business might modestly favor mitt romney, but it doesn't necessarily mean that's better for the markets or not. >> at jpmorgan, are you worried about the fiscal cliff situation and which way it could return in the month of december? >> there are two parts. one is actually what happens at the end of december and you can feel the effects...
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president obama or mitt romney? we have kevin finkel, real-estate vp, and the chief economist. let's start with the picture. you say every indicator shows housing is up. is the recovery here? >> most markets in the country, even though it is far from where it was at the worst point of the crisis. it is important because there are fewer vacant homes, the housing recovery, a big change from two or three years ago. dennis: do you second that emotion? >> i agree. i think we are seeing some stabilization but it is a far cry from seeing recovery which usually implies we will see home prices going up. that is still a ways off. very anemic job growth, 16% of the population. until you get that change, back to work, hard to foresee a future with home prices rising if incomes are not -- the overhang of supply, there are 1.5 million units on the balance sheet, banks have to come off. that is a big problem with prices, you know that will be coming eventually. dennis: you think we could afford to eliminate the tax deduction for mortgage interest payments. >> it might hurt housing in the shor
president obama or mitt romney? we have kevin finkel, real-estate vp, and the chief economist. let's start with the picture. you say every indicator shows housing is up. is the recovery here? >> most markets in the country, even though it is far from where it was at the worst point of the crisis. it is important because there are fewer vacant homes, the housing recovery, a big change from two or three years ago. dennis: do you second that emotion? >> i agree. i think we are seeing...
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president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. martha: fox news alert. some 50 million americans are bracing for hurricane sandy right now. it has left major cities at a complete standstill. mass transit is shut down in preparation of a devastating storm surge. we are hearing a lot about the potential for that. the weather models suggest that the storm is nearly 1000 miles wide. and about this. the damage and the devastation are likely to be very large and could last over the next 48 hours and perhaps longer in terms of what will be dumped in all of these areas. rain and snow and storm surge. a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." welcome back, everybody, i am martha maccallum. bill: and i am bill hemmer. the city of cincinnati, the southwestern corner, battleground area of the state. it is all about the economy. we're going to talk with the governor, john kasich about why he thinks the policies have done little to help people in his state. also, buckeye state voters and how they can swing this thing in a few short days. just yesterday, he made a majo
president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. martha: fox news alert. some 50 million americans are bracing for hurricane sandy right now. it has left major cities at a complete standstill. mass transit is shut down in preparation of a devastating storm surge. we are hearing a lot about the potential for that. the weather models suggest that the storm is nearly 1000 miles wide. and about this. the damage and the devastation are likely to be very large and could last over the...
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president obama: i'm barack obama and i approve... this message. anncr: victims. dependent. that's what mitt romney called forty-seven percent... of americans. including people on medicare. but what about his plan for you? romney would replace guaranteed benefits with a voucher system. seniors could pay six thousand dollars more a year. a plan aarp says would undermine medicare. you're no victim...you earned your benefits. don't let mitt romney take them away. . >>> a creepy crawler visits a report he and a dog with an unusual best side. >> those are just two of the topics for discussion with cane from hot 99.5. first off, you have a huge lineup for the jingle ball and you have some news on how to get in on a really good presale. >> yeah. so jingle ball was announced last week. first year we've ever done this. justin bieber, flo rider, julio iglesias. we have a face book thing where you can get tickets early. watch this experiment. if you take a picture of this with your camera phone and have one of these qr readers, bam. you can get all the information right there. technolo
president obama: i'm barack obama and i approve... this message. anncr: victims. dependent. that's what mitt romney called forty-seven percent... of americans. including people on medicare. but what about his plan for you? romney would replace guaranteed benefits with a voucher system. seniors could pay six thousand dollars more a year. a plan aarp says would undermine medicare. you're no victim...you earned your benefits. don't let mitt romney take them away. . >>> a creepy crawler...
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role and cheerleading for obama. they say it's not politicized but the damage to the recipe face raising large suspicions was not a good corporate decision. >> probably hit to my hometown of brooklyn. the next week you are going to have return of traditional sports n first time in 50 years, certain baseball team left for the west coast. but until the dodgers come back brooklyn will never be back. >> paul: all right. >> recently the court in washington, d.c. has been strike down federal regulations like securities and exchange commission and epa. it enrages regulators that has an intimidation campaign to get judges appointed to back off doing this kind of stuff. so it's really an ugly scene. this a hit for the judges for sticking to the law and not politics. >> paul: steve? >> more signs that government motors just isn't working for taxpayers. obama administration has put five billion of taxpayer money behind the development of an electric car but one of battery companies for these cars went bankrupt. now another majo
role and cheerleading for obama. they say it's not politicized but the damage to the recipe face raising large suspicions was not a good corporate decision. >> probably hit to my hometown of brooklyn. the next week you are going to have return of traditional sports n first time in 50 years, certain baseball team left for the west coast. but until the dodgers come back brooklyn will never be back. >> paul: all right. >> recently the court in washington, d.c. has been strike...